VS.5b Virginians in the Revolution

Was a speaker who inspired patriots from other colonies

• George Washington

• Patrick Henry

• Marquis de Lafayette

• Pocahontas

Was a French nobleman

• Marquis de Lafayette

• George Washington

• Thomas Jefferson

• Pocahontas

Served as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army

• Thomas Jefferson

• Patrick Henry

• George Washington

• Powhatan

Said all people are created equal and have rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness

• George Washington

• Thomas Jefferson

• James Lafayette

• Justin Bieber

Spoke out against taxation without representation

• John Smith

• Marquis de Lafayette

• James Lafayette

• Patrick Henry

Became a friend and advisor to Washington and contributed to the victory at Yorktown

• Marquis de Lafayette

• George Washington

• Lord Dunmore

• King George

Said, “….give me liberty or give me death”

• James Lafayette

• James Madison

• Patrick Henry

• Thomas Jefferson

Wrote the Declaration of Independence

• Thomas Warren

• Thomas Jefferson

• George Jefferson

• George Washington

Served as a spy during the Revolutionary War in the Continental Army

• Lord Dunmore

• James Lafayette

• George Washington

• Harriet the Spy

Provided political leadership by expressing reasons for colonial independence from Great Britain

• Thomas Jefferson

• Abraham Lincoln

• King George

• Jack Jouett